FYI, I just did a search on my system and find that FF.exe exists,but in
old backup directories on my second drive. The creation date is 1989,and
I do seem to remember it was a utility distributed by Norton Utilities
whoes function was to 'find files'. The many skins of the onion. :-)
R. Scott Belford wrote:
FF.EXE
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.rirc.html
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_RANDEX.AB
"Description:
This malware is both a worm and a backdoor.
It propagates into machines on the same network using a long-list of
user names and passwords. Its propagation routine allows it to copy
itself into machines running Windows NT, 2000, and XP that have weak
passwords.
(Note: Weak passwords are often ordinary words or easily crackable,
non-alphanumeric strings that do not use special and mixed case
characters. Passwords with fewer than eight characters are also
considered weak.)
It acts as a backdoor and listens for commands from remote users. It
joins an Internet Relay Chat server via port 6667 to receive these
commands and allow remote users virtual control over infected systems.
This malware runs on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP. However, it
can only propagate into machines running Windows NT, 2000, and XP"
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